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I kep forgetting to bring my camera to training, and when I do bring it I leave it sitting on my desk while we train. I promise I’ll be a bit more disciplined this week and bring it to some sessions. I’ll actually try to do a video coaching session once per week on some … Continue reading →

I'm a Busy Man Dammit!

Which I hate. Anyway apprently I’m “in the well” on boards.ie’s fitness forum. It’s this idea where one significant poster to the forum a week gets asked loads of questions. To my dismay, none of them have been about my magnificent facial hair, or carrying off thinning hairlines successfully. Paul was kind enough to ask … Continue reading →

Not a lot of time but enough for today's music selection

Currently rockin the ipod dock in the gym is this little number by Mark Mothersbaugh, better known as one of the guys behind Devo. This is obviously a bit truncated but I love Bill Murray’s little dance. If you haven’t seen this movie you’re missing out.

New Tongue Biting Record Achieved

Yup I have a really inflamed tongue today thanks to biting it twice in the last 3 days. Biting my tongue, as in the idiom, is not something I’m known for so I didn’t do that. What I did do was actually physically bite my tongue. On Thursday when grappling with Shayn, I passed guard … Continue reading →

So you may have noticed…

… that I’ve started to tag my posts. Yup, I know, it smacks of organisation and order. Not something you’d normally associate with me but I was reading about Will’s efforts to organise his blog and it suddenly occurred to me that the 1,000 people (yup I know, but I think 900 of them are … Continue reading →

My gym is in someone else's hands tonight

What will I do? I reckon at about 8pm tonight I’ll want to ring and see if everything is okay. Did Paddy get in the door alright? Is everyone taking their shoes off on the mats? Will someone get injurred? Will he know to turn off the lights? The gym is my baby and tonight, … Continue reading →

Heard on The Premiership tonight:“Oh poor clearance by Cech. He deserves to be punished!”Interesting insight into one commentator’s secret life. Today was the last day of serious training and sparring. It was a good session, but I watched it with my eyes half shut half expecting to see someone turn their ankle or twist a … Continue reading →

Last interval on the rower here. Grant calls me bald, old and fat. I think from this video we can verify the first of those things… However I disagree with the old and fat thing. Santa just has to bring me one of these heart rate monitors, here’s the HRM data from yesterday’s session. The … Continue reading →

First Day Blues

Well, actually, not so blue. First session with Will this morning, I’m sure Heffernan will put up my scores and reps soon enough but basically it was tough, really tough but enjoyable. I started this morning at 7am cleaning my house for a viewing to see if someone wants to buy it. You can’t make … Continue reading →

Update on the fighters, it's been a while

Without revealing too much, here’s an update on the progress of the guys who are going to be fighting in just 17 days. Strength: As I’ve mentioned before, I put most of the guys through a prehab phase of strengthening and flexibility for about 5 weeks, and then moved the training up a notch in … Continue reading →